'So wel koude he me glose': The Wife of Bath and the Eroticism of Touch
- Author / Editor
- Niebrzydowski, Sue.
'So wel koude he me glose': The Wife of Bath and the Eroticism of Touch
- Published
- Amanda Hopkins and Cory James Rushton, eds. The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain (Rochester, N.Y.; and Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2007), pp. 18-26.
- Description
- Surveys medieval commentary on women's enjoyment of sex, noting that sexual pleasure distinguishes Alisoun's marriage to Jankyn in WBP--a result of Jankyn's ability to read his wife's body like a text. Niebrzydowski contrasts Alisoun's sexual pleasure with that of May in MerT.
- Alternative Title
- The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale
- Merchant and His Tale.